CorporalPunt Posted October 25, 2014 Report Share Posted October 25, 2014 Hey, I've been using uTorrent for ages. Lately, or rather, the last few weeks it's been almost impossible to use. When I start uTorrent, it takes about 4-5minutes to actually show up (process is started in task manager, but interface doesn't show up). If I try to add more than one torrent it says "uTorrent is already running, and not responding". If I alt-tab to utorrent, I have to give it a few minutes to even respond to any input. What the hell is happening? My beloved torrent-client is acting up like never before. Any new bugs with new versions? Did my pc catch ebola? Anyone else experiencing the same? I've tried uninstalling etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted October 25, 2014 Report Share Posted October 25, 2014 What internet security software do you have installed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorporalPunt Posted October 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2014 Nothing special. I only use CCleaner and malwarebytes from time to time. I do have microsoft essentials. No firewall installed besides windows default. It's really strange, it's been working flawlessly for all the years I've used uTorrent. Last month is been acting up like crazy. Only updated windows, no other significant programs installed.I'm almost tempted to format my main drive, since I can't even think of an alternative to utorrent that I want to use Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baserunner86 Posted October 27, 2014 Report Share Posted October 27, 2014 I have pretty much the same issue, When i start utorrent up, it can take as much as 10 minutes to load the UI, even though it is showing in the task manager, Once it starts up i have the chance to load as many torrents as i want as long as i do it right then without minimizing the window and am not trying to use magnet links. Once the window is minimized or i spend time in another window, if i try to go back to utorrent, it will either completely crash, or simply sit as "Not Responding" and ill have to close it in task manager and reopen it in order to continue. This started about a month ago roughly, and nothing has changed on my computer, ive always ran Avast! (which has not been updated) and have windows firewall disabled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fanfoot Posted October 27, 2014 Report Share Posted October 27, 2014 Ditto. I know others I chat with that are seeing the same issue. For me at least its been a problem for many months now. Nothing I've done fixes the problem OTHER THAN: Never ever have more than two torrents actively downloading/uploading at once. If you do, uTorrent will become almost completely unresponsive. You must ACTIVELY manage which torrents are running. Stop the others. Wait until these are complete. Delete them, then start the others. Of course this likely means your tolerance for seeding to an acceptable level will drop like crazy, which is bad. But that's the story until uTorrent accepts that this is a problem and fixes it. In my case--Windows 7 x64, Microsoft Security Essentials. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorporalPunt Posted October 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2014 Baserunner, yep, that's the exact same problem I'm experiencing. Down to every detail. Annoys the hell outta me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix3836 Posted October 30, 2014 Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 been using utorrent for several years, worked fine til lightning took out my system (12 yrs old running xp). new system runs windows 8 64 bit. started off ok. used mac afee for trial period now have norton security. prograg started going not responding last week before the norton upgrade. saw fanfoot has win 7 64 bit. could this be the program doesn't like 64 or 64 doesn't like the program ? does the upgraded ver like 64 bit? also tried to changed the compatability mode to run in xp mode. that didn't work either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnfran Posted November 1, 2014 Report Share Posted November 1, 2014 I am using Version: 3.4.2 Build 34537 (32-bit), and I too have found this to be a problem. I'm running on Windows 8.1. However, in my experience there seems to only be some torrents that cause the app to freeze up. If I go back and delete the problem torrent then uTorrent goes back to operating normally. Add the torrent back in, and the UI will slowly become unresponsive again. I've noticed that many (however, not all) of the YIFY torrents cause this issue. I'm using WebRoot virus/malware protection. However, uTorrent reacts the same with or without my security app enabled. Furthermore, I tried it on another machine running Windows Vista... same issue! Right now, the only work-around is to go find another torrent of the same media that doesn't have the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafi Posted November 1, 2014 Report Share Posted November 1, 2014 However, in my experience there seems to only be some torrents that cause the app to freeze up. If I go back and delete the problem torrent then uTorrent goes back to operating normally. Add the torrent back in, and the UI will slowly become unresponsive again.Unless you, guys, point to the exact torrents and your settings that makes it behave that way - your posts are useless! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnfran Posted November 2, 2014 Report Share Posted November 2, 2014 Unless you, guys, point to the exact torrents and your settings that makes it behave that way - your posts are useless!Ok, I searched and found a torrent that seems to exhibit the described behavior on my machine. The hash is BFFA03D953957F34505853342BF560381ED7CE62. You should have no problem finding it most anywhere on the Net. I started my client and added the torrent. Initially the client was very responsive and I took a screen shot at that point. About 10-mins. into the download the UI started to freeze. I took a second screen shot at that point. Notice the (Not Responding) in the window title. It wasn't totally non responsive at that point; if one waits a long period of time it will finally respond then go back into a non-reponsive state. Nonetheless, at this point it is functionally useless as a client. Thanks!! PS: I noticed that after about 30-mins. the UI became totally unresponsive. PSS: BTW, I am using the TorrentPrivacy VPN/proxy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafi Posted November 2, 2014 Report Share Posted November 2, 2014 No issue here (35488). I am putting my money on it being related (bug or non-bug) to your proxy and/or VPN . Try w/o them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnfran Posted November 2, 2014 Report Share Posted November 2, 2014 No issue here (35488). I am putting my money on it being related (bug or non-bug) to your proxy and/or VPN . Try w/o them. Hmmmm... I have my doubts. This didn't show up in version 3.2.1. until I upgraded to 3.4.2. Anyway, when I can find a torrent I can try w/o my VPN I'll give it a test... Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafi Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 And w/o the proxy too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnfran Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 And w/o the proxy too...Actually, regardless if my proxy/vpn is somehow causing this issue or not. It's still a bug on the part of uTorrent. The UI should NEVER be unresponsive like it is. Significant work should never be done on the thread that handles the window message queue, nor should the message thread wait on a lock that is held by a worker thread. That's almost always what causes this sort of behavior. Regardless, I will still try to repro without my proxy/vpn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike20021969 Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 No issue here (35488). You're using 35288 in that image Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafi Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 You're using 35288 in that image I was probably dreaming about a better future... Anyways, is the only one with working RSS... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafi Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 Actually, regardless if my proxy/vpn is somehow causing this issue or not. It's still a bug on the part of uTorrent. The UI should NEVER be unresponsive like it is. Significant work should never be done on the thread that handles the window message queue, nor should the message thread wait on a lock that is held by a worker thread. That's almost always what causes this sort of behavior. Regardless, I will still try to repro without my proxy/vpn.Yeah, as I said, can be a bug manifesting when using a proxy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
younggeorge Posted November 7, 2014 Report Share Posted November 7, 2014 I get the same problem and I'm not using a proxy or VPN. Amd it doesn't seem to be related to specific torrents - unless I've got an awful lot of susceptible torrents. Has there been any official utorrent response to this issue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafi Posted November 7, 2014 Report Share Posted November 7, 2014 How do you know it is "the same" ? And there is no such "utorrent issue". It is your issue... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorporalPunt Posted November 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2014 If it seems several users are experiencing a very similar issue, one would assume there's a common denominator that messes shit up, no? That is of course if the issue is the same, as you said. Still haven't figured out what's wrong on my end. Wish I was a code-wizard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
younggeorge Posted November 7, 2014 Report Share Posted November 7, 2014 It's the same in so far as utorrent frequently becomes unresponsive, which seems to be a common problem, not just mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafi Posted November 7, 2014 Report Share Posted November 7, 2014 No, one can also assume there are sevveral users how are either idiots using bad settings, or have an hostile ISP that messes things up for them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnfran Posted November 8, 2014 Report Share Posted November 8, 2014 No, one can also assume there are sevveral users how are either idiots using bad settings, or have an hostile ISP that messes things up for them... Seriously rafi?? You are going to blame the UI freezing on idot users?! That is a stretch and more than a little insulting to those using the application. In what capacity are you associated with utorrent? Are you a developer? I am a retired developer and I can tell you that I know a hell of a lot about it. Yes, there are many instances where poor performance by an application can indeed be traced back to settings or method of use. HOWEVER, the freezing of a UI is NOT one of them, period!! This could only be due to one of two things. Either it something wrong with the operating system where the messages are not getting to the UI thread in an expedited manner or it is that the UI thread that is doing something that it really shouldn't do. Since no one seems to be experiencing issues with their systems over all, and it appears to be ocurriing on multiple platforms, it is highly likely that it is the latter. There are many ways to find and fix bugs. One of them is to get a "repro" and debug the app. That's great if one can get a consistent repro for all machines. However, that may not be the case in this instance. Another is to look at the symptoms of the bug and do a code inspection. I'll bet that if I was to look at the code right now I could come up with a number of places where these sort of symptoms would arise. This sort of UI freezing, hell ANY UI freezing demonstrates a serious lack of robustness in the coding process and needs to addressed by the deveolpers immediately. Sure the RTFM mentality sometimes has it's place; however, it has no place here. UTorrent has a serious problem and it needs to be addressed regardless if you get a repro or NOT!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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